H.P. Lovecraft stuff.

If anyone knows the work of H.P. Lovecraft, I've heard that a lot of his stories were given to him by real life monsters and supernatural spirits. The gods and creatures in his works were sent to him spiritually and are actually real.

I can't say I believe it - but it still could make for an interesting topic. If what is real and what is not is all based on who believes it, could a story like this actually happen?

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robingoodfellow · M

Lovecraft was a xenophobe and had a fear and loathing of anything that was unlike himself. This is all well documented through letters he wrote. It's been surmised that the Gods and Monsters he wrote of came from this fear and repulsion inside him.

A really talented writer and the biggest influence on modern horror. But he had issues.
As far as actually communing with monsters, there's been fictional stories written about that. Just fictional stories.

On the other hand Philip K Dick claimed he got his sci-fi stories from voices from the future, or something like that.

ReaperLinda · F

@robingoodfellow - Him being a xenophobe would explain a lot. I think that a lot of talented writers probably suffer from a lot of internal issues they constantly battle.

SatyrService · M

@robingoodfellow yeah he did
many of his stories been adapted for the screen
blade runner,, Minority report..totoal recall and a whole TV series Man in the high castle ( weak first season but it got really good ) and Electric Dreams